Douelle
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Cahors | |
| Canton | Luzech | |
| Community association | Grand Cahors | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 28 ′ N , 1 ° 22 ′ E | |
| height | 115-330 m | |
| surface | 8.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 816 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 93 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46140 | |
| INSEE code | 46088 | |
| Website | www.douelle.fr | |
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Douelle is a French commune with 816 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Cahors and the canton of Luzech .
Several theories attempt to explain the origin of the name of the community. According to Cassagne, it could come from the French word doit ( German Soll ), which is a derivative of the Latin ductus ( German leadership ), or from the Provencal word doela ( German ditch ). Other theories of toponymists see the roots in late Latin doga ( German water pipe ) or in Languedoc dogo ( German cave , pipe ), a reference to the river that crosses the area of the community. Other assumptions make Douelle a derivation of the Latin word doela ( German deep gorge ) or the Occitan dougelle , a diminutive of dogo ( German cavity ). Finally, there was the opinion among etymologists of the 19th century that the name comes from the douelles ( German staves ) from Rouergue .
The inhabitants are called Douelliens and Douelliennes .
geography
Douelle is located approximately eight kilometers northwest of Cahors in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic province of Quercy .
Douelle is surrounded by the five neighboring municipalities:
| Caillac | Mercuès | |
| Parnac |
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Pradines |
| Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt |
Douelle lies in the catchment area of the Garonne River on both sides of the Lot . Two of its tributaries, the Ruisseau de Rouby and the Ruisseau d'Auronne, flow into the Lot at Douelle.
history
Between 1790 and 1794 the municipality of Cessac was incorporated.
Population development
After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 1,255 by the second half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community sank to around 535 inhabitants during short recovery phases until after the Second World War , before a growth phase set in that continues today.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 638 | 673 | 648 | 641 | 693 | 738 | 739 | 832 | 816 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
The parish did not own a church for a long time before the residents had one built, shortly before the submission of a supplic to the Pope in 1487 allowing them to celebrate masses on Sundays and public holidays and to administer the sacraments . However, the ward remained a branch of Caillac. The simple building had two side chapels that opened to the nave via large arcades . It was probably extended to the west a little later. In 1848 the east was given up in favor of an orientation in north-south direction. The former nave was extended to the west by adding a transept and a new choir . A bell tower was placed on the first yoke of the nave, the former choir. The side chapels remained at the entrance to the two side aisles of the nave. With the exception of the first yoke, the three church naves have a modern groin vault , the remaining rooms have a ribbed vault . A tracery window in the flamboyant style and an entrance decorated with stick ornamentation from the end of the 15th century could be preserved in the south facade, as well as a niche grave that now houses a Pietà . Most of the paintings come from the Capuchin monastery in Cahors.
A large number of furnishings from the 17th to 19th centuries are inscribed as a monument historique of movable goods.
View of the choir
Reredos
Oil painting from the 18th century depicting the Assumption of the Virgin
17th century oil painting depicting the crucifixion scene
Leaded glass window in the choir
Cessac castle ruins
Cessac Castle was given to the Béral family in return for a loan that Bishop Guillaume de Cardaillac (1208-1235) had agreed to finance the Albigensian Crusade . The fiefdom was first mentioned in the middle of the 13th century. In 1254 Hugues de Crayssac, a member of a subsidiary branch of the Barons von Luzech , handed over his rights over Cessac to Gaucelm de Jean and Arnal I. Béral. The fiefdom was occupied in 1260 by Arnal I. Béral under the sovereignty of the Bishop of Cahors . At the end of the 13th century, Cessac was in the hands of Arnal II, lieutenant of the Seneschal des Quercy, son of Arnal I, Béral and Sébélie de Jean and brother of Hélène, mother of Pope John XXII. His son Raimond was believed to have been the builder of the castle in the 1330s.
During the Hundred Years War , the castle was of strategic importance due to its proximity to Cahors. Between 1360 and 1424 it was occupied twice by English troops, despite the best efforts of the people of Cahors to keep it under their control. In 1383 the consuls warned Arnal III. Béral to take care of his castle. In 1424 they decided to demolish the castle they had taken again. Since Jean de Béral had no descendants, he left Cessac to his cousin Raimond de Cazillac in 1443 with the requirement to continue the name and coat of arms of the Béral. Until the end of the 15th century, the Cazillac-Cessac family no longer lived in the Quercy. In 1498, Gilles de Cazillac-Cessac married Marguerite de Luzech and extensive repairs were probably carried out around the same time. The residential building was therefore not demolished in 1424 and traces of work that took place later show that it was inhabited for a long time. In 1679 the last Baron de Cazillac died, who despite having two wives only had two daughters. One of these sold the property in 1689 to Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and Viscount of Turenne . In 1738 the House of Turenne handed over its baronates of Cessac and Cazillac to the French King Louis XV.
The castle occupies the outermost edge of an elevation, the length of which is around 400 meters, and its location seals off an isthmus of a loop of the Lot. Separated from the rest of the hill by a moat, the remains of the castle delimit a rectangular terrace of 70 mx 30 m, flanked by square towers and a round tower and surrounded by walls more than two meters thick. The far eastern end of the complex was leveled in the 1980s when the route départementale that passed there was widened. A striking rudiment is the remnant of a keep opposite the moat on the west side, which was mainly built from masonry bricks . Of this, the western facade and short pieces on the north and south sides are present, which allow to reconstruct a rectangular structure with a length of 11.85 m and a width of 8 m. The thickness of the south wall with 2.20 m is higher than that of the other sides with about 1.45 m. A hall with a pointed barrel vault fills the ground floor. A staircase in the south wall probably explains the lack of thickness of the walls. The floor of the first floor is about seven meters high. A cross notch can be seen in an arched niche on the west side. There is no lack of reliable evidence to reconstruct a second floor.
Carriol Castle
It was erected in the 14th century on the foundations of an earlier medieval building high above the Lot Valley. It controlled shipping on the river with its watchtower. In the event of an alarm, a bell was used to warn the garrison of the nearby Cessac Castle. The castle is privately owned and can only be viewed from the outside.
Le Moulinat Castle
It is a 17th century mansion on the same bend in the river as Carriol Castle and Cessac Castle. Nothing is known of the history of the house as it is not mentioned in the records. It is embedded in a tree-lined park and surrounded by vineyards and vegetable gardens. Today holiday apartments ( gîtes ) are rented on the property .
Economy and Infrastructure
Blue cheese Bleu des Causses
AOC Cahors grapevine
Rocamadour cheese
Douelle is in the AOC zones
- the blue cheese Bleu des Causses ,
- of the Cahors wine,
- des Rocamadour , a cheese made from goat's milk ,
- the Noix du Périgord , the walnuts of the Périgord , and
- of the Périgord nut oil.
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education
The community has a public preschool and elementary school.
sport and freetime
The GR 36, a long-distance hiking trail from Ouistreham in the Calvados department to Bourg-Madame in the Pyrénées-Orientales department , crosses the municipality's territory.
traffic
Douelle can be reached from Routes départementales 8 and 12.
The commune is also connected to other communes in the department by a line from the Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie bus network from Cahors to Monsempron-Libos .
Personalities
- Jean Fourastié , born on April 15, 1907 in Saint-Benin-d'Azy in the Nièvre department , died on July 25, 1990 in Douelle, was a French economist and co-developer of the three-sector hypothesis for the economic development of a state. He spent his youth in Douelle
- Marc Lavoine , born on August 6, 1962 in Longjumeau in what is now the Essonne department , is a French chansonnier , composer and film actor . He lives temporarily in Douelle.
- Michel Raynal, born on January 16, 1949 in Douelle, is a French computer specialist in the field of distributed systems .
Web links
- Information about the blue cheese Bleu des Causses (French)
- Information about the Cahors wine (French)
- Information about the Rocamadour cheese (French)
- Information on Périgord walnuts and Périgord nut oil (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Marie Cassagne: Villes et Villages en pays lotois ( fr ) Tertium éditions. S. 97. 2013. Accessed July 8, 2019.
- ↑ Lot ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ Aire urbaine de Cahors (162) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ Ma commune: Douelle ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ Notice Communale Douelle ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ Notice Communale Douelle ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Douelle (46088) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ Gilles Séraphin, Maurice SCELLES: église paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption ( fr ) Départemental Lot. October 3, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ↑ église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ↑ Gilles Séraphin, Maurice Scellès: château de Cessac ( fr ) Départementrat Lot. January 2, 2015. Accessed July 8, 2019.
- ↑ Château de Cessac ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ↑ Château de Carriol ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ↑ Château Le Moulinat ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Douelle (46088) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ GR36 - Randonnée de Prayssac (Lot) à Savignac (Aveyron) ( fr ) gr-infos.com. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ^ Jean Fourastié (1907–1990) ( fr ) Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ Marc Lavoine: "J'avais besoin d'une certaine forme de lenteur" ( fr ) La Dépêche du Midi . January 25, 2015. Accessed July 8, 2019.